Decision: Accepted!!! 
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): Two 33C (34 superscore)
SAT II: 770 math 2, 730 spanish w/o listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (3 in APUSH but I don’t think I submitted lol)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Calc AB, Advanced Comp Programming, a non-advanced history elective, an advanced English elective, Advanced Physics II, Advanced Spanish 5 Lang and Culture (All advanced means is AP but there is more room for the teachers to work with).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Lots of clubs. Almost exclusively school-related things.
Student Body Co-President
Yearbook Editor-in-Chief
Newspaper Editor-in-Chief + Founder
XC Varsity Captain
Service-type Donation Club President
Social Justice Club President
Running Club after school in the spring.
Spanish Peer Tutor.
I 100% overcommitted and was busy often during the school day, but I make it work + really love what I’m involved in.
Job/Work Experience: Summer job at family business all 4 years
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: Summer job + summer after junior year went to Kenyon Young Writers
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App about relationship with a family member - definitely a deeper due to subject matter, but I tried to play up what I’ve learned and how I’ve grown from a single, defining experience. I used a quote that allowed me to turn a darker subject into something lighter. I’m not gonna rate this one because I’m like super uncertain as to whether it was good or just meh.
For my Tufts essays, I think I was able to capture a lot of my personality.
Why Tufts - I managed to fit in a brief anecdote about the school and its student culture + why I wanted to spend my next four years there.
Let Your Life Speak - Talked about the relationship my mom and I have - she is so into “alternative medicine” whereas I’m more facts and research-based. At the end, I talked about how, overtime, I stopped trying to win in arguments with her - instead, I listened to her perspective. Now, I sort of secretly hope for a convo with friends to wind up in some random zone, just for the sake of it. — I think this essay was really “Tuftsy” because I tried to shape it around the “Don’t take yourself so seriously” but at the same time “Take your work seriously” which is a big part of Tufts’ community.
What makes you happy and why? - I legit wrote a list of 6 of my favorite songs with little reasons why I love them
Example: Why Don’t You Love Me by Beyoncé: Funky, filled with soul, and a pick-me-up with a 100% success rate.
And then I explained why singing is so important to me. My personality definitely came through.
Overall, I’d rate my Tufts essays a solid 7-8/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 5/10 - I read it for a scholarship thing and, while it was definitely nice and spoke well about me, it was pretty short - no special anecdotes or anything.
Teacher Rec #2: Haven’t read, but by knowing this teacher and how thorough he is, I’d imagine it’s an 8/10 at least.
Counselor Rec: Prob just relaying basic stuff that she sees me doing at school (running Spirit Weeks, leading assemblies, etc.)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A (didn’t get one! that had me nervous for a couple of days)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Absolutamente
Intended Major: Science, Technology, and Society Major + Spanish Minor
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White af
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: it’s honestly hard to explain, but i’ll say that over the past two years, it’s been < $40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A. I wouldn’t really consider my background a hook. More like a story that I tried to tell in my common app essay.
Reflection:
2 things. 1) I loved writing Tufts’ essays more than any other college’s. I loved the prompts enough to write a first draft of the supplements, finalize them completely, realize I didn’t like them, then scratch them to rewrite them all over again (and I loved them the second time around). I think the fact that I loved their essays made it a) easier to write and b) clearly a/the best fit for me. 2) Don’t be afraid to share personal details in the common app. The admissions officers invite you to be vulnerable and honest. I wrote about a broken relationship I have with someone who was once really close to me. However, know that the essay is about YOU. Focus on how you grew and thrive from your failures/challenges.
Strengths: Essays, Stats were in the range (75% too maybe?), EC were widespread but I have done things that I am proud of in every single one. My major of Science, Technology, and Society drew together my profile very well I think - It justified my creative writing camp and my love for physics 2. It helped declutter my app - in my opinion - because many people will say “focus on one or two things that you’re passionate about!” and I kinda threw that out of the window.
Weaknesses: Recs? & at the same time^ maybe my widespread ECs weren’t helping my case. I’ll probably never know tho!
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Tuftsy supplements. Solid stats. Solid extracurriculars that I’m passionate about. I like to think that my stats got me in the door but that my essays and my ability to share my story got me in.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Fordham and Northeastern EA. Deferred from Georgetown and UChicago EA.
General Comments: I found that looking back, my Tufts supplements were by far the most telling about who I am as a person. They are so much more distinct, memorable and me than my Georgetown and UChicago supplements.
BTW, I applied EDII to Tufts because come EDI, I wasn’t sure if I could make the financial commitment. I needed more about Tufts’ financial aid policy and the ED contract policy for financial aid packages. I still haven’t gotten back my financial aid, but I’m crossing my fingers that I can work something out if it’s not what I hoped for.
But that’s looking at more of the content of the essay rather than the quality. I have no idea how it really was comparitively. But it made me happy to read